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message 1: by Emma (last edited Apr 30, 2014 03:34PM) (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) Hello everyone!!

Let us have our first writing challenge!

You can submit anything up to 5,000 words from today (April 1) through the 15th of May. That includes:
-Short stories
-Excerpts
-Poems
-Journal entries
-Anything!!
(translations count - as long as it's your translation of whatever. Be sure to mention the original though!)

Only one per person!

Nothing too inappropriate, please! We shall have a poll at the end of the month to see who wins :)

You can post yours here - either a link or the actual thing :)

And what do you win? Well... hm... bragging rights, I guess :)

Happy writing and have fun!


message 2: by Megan (new)

Megan (megan720) | 19 comments Can you post more than one thing? :)


message 3: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) No


message 4: by Neha (new)

Neha (neha71580) Can the story be a fanfiction?


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Why can we post more than one?


message 6: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) Neha, sure, wherever you like. It can be a fanfiction in terza rima if you so desire.

Maria - Did I mess that up? One per person. Uno! Solamente uno.


message 7: by Megan (new)

Megan (megan720) | 19 comments So, how long does it have to be?


message 8: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) Up to 5000 words


message 9: by apostrophe (new)

apostrophe A (apostrophea) 5000 words is the max or min?


message 10: by Alyssa, The procrastinator XD (new)

Alyssa (castleofglass) | 2507 comments Mod
Maximum


message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

Okay! This sounds fun! :-D


message 12: by Kathryn (new)

Kathryn | 13 comments About how long should it be? Like in page length.


message 13: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) Uh... well you can use www.wordcounter.net to see how many words it is. I believe that 5000 words is about 10 9.5 by 11 pages in size 12 font (Times New Roman).


message 14: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) Hello Everyone - I'm extending the writing challenge until the 15th of May because we only have two entries so far...


message 15: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) Hmmm good point. Maybe I should change it to just short stories for now? Next time we'll do one of each :)


message 16: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) Well I'm asking you if it'd be better because of your opinion. I didn't say that, I'm thinking about changing it though...


message 17: by Emma (new)

Emma (rpblcofletters) I'm going to keep it the way it is; but if you think it won't be fair for you, do what you will.


message 18: by Nate (new)

Nate A suggestion for future contest would be to have a prompt, let's say the prompt is Crack in the ceiling, then you have submissions for poetry and submissions for short stories. (Or like in this case you can just do OPEN Call - meaning the entries have no set prompt entries can be anything the writer wishes to submit,)

Some groups divide it up and have ppl vote for each category, in my group we found it was easier to just put one poll up and everyone voted on the piece they liked best.


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